Organizers of the 31st annual Let the Good Times Roll Festival have announced details of the event, which will take place, June 16-18, 2017 in downtown Shreveport’s Festival Plaza. As always, the festival’s live music line-up…

Featured photo: A promotional image of the band Feufollet, used courtesy of Feufollet.net. The live music schedule for the 2017 Mudbug Madness Festival has been published online, and – as usual – it delivers a…

Featured photo: Creole sauce piquant purchased from a vendor at Mudbug Madness in 2012. Each year around this time, I start planning what I’m going to be eating at Mudbug Madness. The annual crawfish and…

Featured Photo: Amanda Shaw performs at Mudbug Madness in 2013. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Mudbug Madness, the annual crawfish and live music festival held in Shreveport’s Festival Plaza each Memorial Day Weekend, has posted the…

Featured photo: Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers will perform at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 21 as part of the Mudbug Madness Festival in downtown Shreveport. Photo Credit: Wil Wijnhoven. Photo from the online…

Each Mardi Gras season in Shreveport-Bossier, there are always some smaller, off-the-beaten-path festivities that pop up in the days before or after major parade weekends. In the language of Louisiana, these events would probably be…

For 30 years, Mudbug Madness has been synonymous with endless crawfish, but it’s also the perfect spot to catch some of the best in live Cajun, zydeco and regional music in the state. Grammy award-winning…

As the summer festival seasons go in Shreveport-Bossier, June always belongs to Let the Good Times Roll Festival. The festival, which kicks off tonight, has become known as a celebration of black culture, food and, most…

Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, winners of the 2011 Grammy Award in the category of “Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album,” begin a three-night stand at Sam’s Town Shreveport Hotel and Casino this…